Post by Exar Tallen on Oct 19, 2006 20:54:58 GMT -5
Forbidden Hope
Commodore Nicholas Nivarra of the Third Fleet of Earth looked out his command bridge at the stars. He, and his fleet, where orbiting Pluto. The Bugs had destroyed everything else about humanity, but Earth was still there. His last orders from Admiral Tackoni where to hold his position at all costs. If the Bugs got past him, no one would be left on Earth. Humanity would just cease to exist. He couldn't let that happen. He turned around, slowly, surveying those around him. He looked at Dera Nickoler, his second in command, at Jeffery Kilopis, his fighter commander, at Tim Garen, Captain of the Odysseus, a Denmark-Class Cruiser, at Kemel Timor, Captain of the Temujin, an Enterprise-Class Carrier. He looked back at the stars, over the ribbed hull that was his ship, the Japan, an Earth-Class Battlecarrier, the largest class of ship in the fleet.
He looked at the star he knew as Rigel. It was the last place he had done battle with the Bugs. He remembered the swarms of warriors, the massive mother ships, the smaller, yet no less deadly, Cruiser bugs. He remembered the hopelessness, as the hordes of death descended upon him and his crew. He must have destroyed million of them before he was forced to retreat. He looked out over the stars, stars that had once been human.
“ Ship emerging from JumpSpace. Type is Jumper-Class Courier.”, his sensors officer, Yedarlia Timen shouted out.
“ Display its message.”, Nicholas ordered.
“ This is Admiral Hijor Tackoni addressing Commodore Nicholas Nivarra. Commodore, I have succeeded. The bug homeworld has been terminated. It no longer exists. Those Anti-Matter bombs did the trick. But my fleet was defeated, destroyed. Even now I see our ships torn apart by plasma and flame. Missiles and slugs slam into them, as we take down 1,000 Cruisers for every fighter we lose. But the bugs can take the losses. We cannot. I am the final ship, and I am about to die. As my last order, I hereby promote Nicholas Nivarra to Fleet Admiral. Congratulations, And I hope that...”, and then static.
“ Tell the Jumper to get back to Earth, and load itself up with civilians. We need a ship that can carry the human race away from here. All Transports and non-military craft are also ordered to do this. We are going to finish the Bugs here and now. Most of there Queens are dead. We just need to finish the job the Admiral gave us. Begin combat preparations.”, Nicholas ordered.
Men and women started scurrying about. He watched them as they went to do is bidding, follow his orders. He watched as the Hawk-Class Interceptors where armed, and fueled, as the Gauss shells slid into place, as Plasma batteries where charged. Missiles where loaded, and people prepared themselves mentally. Transports and freighters sped back towards Earth, waiting for the news on where they would go.
Nicholas surveyed the people around him. They all knew that everyone here was going to die, unless a miracle happened. The Bugs had been winning this war since it began, and now they where going to see if and end was coming. Tackoni's mission had succeed, the Bug homeworld was now floating space dust. And now people prepared for the final battle between humanity, and destruction.
“ This is the Admiral. I have never seen such as men and women as those that serve around me right now. I cannot comprehend how sorry the Bugs will be when they meet you, when you show them just had bad an idea it was for them to mess with humanity. There is a line being drawn here. The bugs will not cross it. I do not need to order you to make sure they do not cross it. They won't. You, the people I serve with, will not let them cross it. Because if you do, humanity just stops, cease to exist, becomes forgotten. I know you will not let that happen. I now I will not let that happen. AND LETS SHOW THE BUGS JUST WHAT THE HELL THAT MEANS!!!”, Nicholas finished with a vigorous shout, which was followed by a cheer from the men and women serving with him.
“ Bugs emerging from JumpSpace.”, Yedarlia let slip into the air, ominously.
“ We await your orders to launch, Admiral.”, Jeffery commed in.
Nicholas looked out to the stars, and saw his approaching doom. He saw the massive amount of Bugs arrayed against him. He saw the Mother Ships, the Cruisers, the individual Warriors. And he could almost see them all die, die by the hands of those serving with him. He opened up a comm channel to the entire fleet.
“ Launch.”
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